I am super excited to spotlight a fresh new anthology to hit stores: Fresh Ink: An Anthology. Edited by Lamar Giles, whose works include Fake Id, Endangered, and Three Sides of a Heart: Stories About Love Triangles, this anthology brings together some of the hottest names in the game, who all also happen to be People of Color.
In tandem with We Need Diverse Books, this anthology is full of amazing stories and a diverse breadth of work. One book that should not be missing from your home library!
Editors(s): Lamar Giles
Authors(s): Nicola Yoon, Malinda Lo, Melissa de la Cruz, Sara Farizan, Eric Gansworth, Walter Dean Myers, Daniel José Older, Thien Pham, Jason Reynolds, Gene Luen Yang, Sharon G. Flake, Schuyler Bailar, Aminah Mae Safi
Edition: Hardcover, ebook, audiobook; 208 pages
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: August 14, 2018
Source: Rockstar Book Tours
Buy: Amazon - Barnes &
Noble - Book Depository - Audible - iBooks
Tour Schedule
Week One:
8/1/2018- YA
Books Central- Spotlight
8/2/2018- Always Me- Review
8/3/2018- Book-Keeping- Review
Week Two:
8/6/2018- Here's
to Happy Endings- Review
8/7/2018- BookHounds YA- Review
8/8/2018- Confessions of a YA Reader- Review
8/9/2018- Wonder Struck- Review
8/10/2018- Life of a Literary Nerd- Review
Week Three:
8/13/2018- Literary
Meanderings- Spotlight
8/14/2018- Mama Reads Blog- Review
8/15/2018- Novel
Novice- Review
8/16/2018- Savings
in Seconds- Review
8/17/2018- Sweet
Southern Home- Review
Week Four:
8/20/2018- The
Layaway Dragon- Review
8/21/2018- Eli to
the nth- Spotlight
8/22/2018- Comfort Books- Review
8/23/2018- Moonlight
Rendezvous- Review
8/24/2018- laura's
bookish corner- Review
Week Five:
8/27/2018- Never Too Many To Read- Review
8/28/2018- The Book
Nut- Review
8/29/2018- Cindy's
Love of Books- Review
The Summary
In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print.
All it takes to rewrite the rules is a little fresh ink in this remarkable YA anthology from thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors writing today including Nicola Yoon, Jason Reynolds, Melissa de la Cruz, and many more, and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books. This collection features ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print. It will give readers the opportunity to discover how the next chapter is up to them.
Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written--whose next chapters are up to you.
Because these stories are meant to be read. And shared.
Thirteen of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology that includes ten short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play. This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules, and color outside the lines. All you need is fresh ink.
“I absolutely love this mix of established and newer talents, and I’m really intrigued and excited by the mixed formats.” –BookRiot
“A powerful and varied collection…”—Booklist, starred review
“The stories are distinct in themes, subjects, genres, and formats, creating an inclusive, authentic, and incredible collection”—School Library Journal, starred review
All it takes to rewrite the rules is a little fresh ink in this remarkable YA anthology from thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors writing today including Nicola Yoon, Jason Reynolds, Melissa de la Cruz, and many more, and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books. This collection features ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print. It will give readers the opportunity to discover how the next chapter is up to them.
Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written--whose next chapters are up to you.
Because these stories are meant to be read. And shared.
Thirteen of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology that includes ten short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play. This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules, and color outside the lines. All you need is fresh ink.
“I absolutely love this mix of established and newer talents, and I’m really intrigued and excited by the mixed formats.” –BookRiot
“A powerful and varied collection…”—Booklist, starred review
“The stories are distinct in themes, subjects, genres, and formats, creating an inclusive, authentic, and incredible collection”—School Library Journal, starred review
Giveaway
3 winners will win a finished copy of Fresh Ink: An Anthology US Only.
